Someone Asks You What Time It Is

question 159

Multiple Choice

Someone asks you what time it is. You check your watch and answer. A few seconds later, after you have been distracted, someone asks what time you said it was. You have forgotten. According to the traditional information-processing view, what type of memory was this?

• A) procedural
• B) short-term
• C) long-term
• D) semantic

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Definitions:

Decentralisation

The distribution of decision-making powers from central authority to lower-level employees or divisions in an organization.

Goal Congruence

A condition in which the goals of the company's various employees and departments align with the overall objectives of the organization.

Motivation

The internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job or subject.

Suboptimal Decision

A choice made that is not the best or most effective among the alternatives considered.